The Mentos Challenge

For years, my Aunt Susie has been handing out Mentos to her various grandchildren and other small relatives. They love her for it.

More recently, it has been discovered, by young people with way too much time on their hands, that Mentos interact with Diet Coke in a spectacularly impressive manner. This first video demonstrates some of the early experiments.



Further research by the leading lights in the Mentos research community have yielded the following spectacular results--a recreation of the Bellagio fountains in Diet Coke fizz:



BTW, I learned all about this while listening to NPR (Public Radio) yesterday. Who says radio can't be educational.

And, DO try this at home--it looks like a lot of fun!